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Former battalion chief
Loren (Bud) Grider, former battalion chief with the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, died November 7. A memorial service was held at his Auburn home on November 9. He was 89.
Mr. Grider was born on the Hatton Ranch in Sonoma County. He moved to Guerneville, and later to Sebastapol, with his family. He attended Chico State College and Santa Rosa Junior College.
Mr. Grider marriage his wife Catherine in 1936. The couple moved to Menlo Park in 1937. Mr. Grider joined the Menlo Park Fire District as a volunteer fireman in 1939, and was hired by the fire district as a regular fireman in 1941. He worked for the fire district until 1973, retiring as a battalion chief.
The Griders moved to Donner Lake after retirement, and relocated in Auburn in 1980.
Mr. Grider is survived by his wife Catherine; children, Gary of Atlanta, Steve of British Columbia, Jeff of Colfax, and Susan of Hesperia.
Edwin Edwards
Former United employee
A celebration of the life of Edwin M. Edwards will be held zSaturday, November 22, at Emerald Hills Elks Club in Redwood City. Mr. Edwards died at his Menlo Park home on November 4. He was 97.
Mr. Edwards was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and attended UC Berkeley.
He started his career at Pacific Air Transport in the 1920s. He became a dispatcher in the 1930s when four airlines merged to become United Airlines. He worked at United for 40 years, retiring in 1971.
In retirement Mr. Edwards enjoyed travel and golf. He was chairman of the Palo Alto Senior Men's Club and a member of the Retired United Pilots Association. He was honored with the President's Award from the Palo Alto branch of Sons in Retirement.
Mr. Edwards is survived by his daughter, Jane Edwards of Menlo Park; son, John Edwards of Vail, Colorado; stepson Bruce Bailey of Cupertino; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his second wife, Jean.
Memorials may be made to Pathways Hospice Foundation, 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 104, Mountain View, CA 94040. Arrangements were under the direction of Spangler Mortuaries in Menlo Park.
Fern Chapman
Longtime Menlo Park resident
Fern Chapman, a resident of Menlo Park since 1962, died at her home October 28. She was 98.
Ms. Chapman was born in Kansas on May 11, 1905. She attended schools in Severy, Kansas, where she later taught in county schools.
Ms. Chapman was a member of the Menlo Park Garden Club for many years. She was a loving, generous and wise woman, say family members.
Ms. Chapman is survived by her daughter, Carol Benest; and two grandchildren. Her son, Frederick Benest, preceded her in death.
Sister Marie McHugh
Resident of Oakwood
Sister Marie McHugh,, a retired educator who taught at Sacred Heart schools in California and Japan, died November 11 of cancer. She was 84.
Sister McHugh had been a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart for 60 years. From 1962 to 1969 she was "mistress of studies" at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Atherton. Sister McHugh died at Oakwood retirement home on the Sacred Heart campus.
Born in San Francisco, Sister McHugh earned a bachelor's degree in 1942 from San Francisco College for Women. She professed temporary vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1942, and took her final vows in 1948.
She first taught at Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco. For several years she was coordinator of St. Francis of Assisi Center, a social service program affiliated with St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in East Palo Alto.
Sister McHugh taught English at the University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo during the 1970s and 1980s. Before moving to Oakwood last summer, she lived in San Diego where she served as an active volunteer in the school and library of Holy Family Catholic Church, tutored Vietnamese immigrants in English, and formed popular discussion groups for Sacred Heart alumnae and friends on social and political issues.
She is survived by sibling Sister Helen McHugh, a Religious of the Sacred Heart, who also recently moved to Oakwood. A funeral Mass was celebrated November 15 at Oakwood. Memorials may be made to Oakwood Convent of the Sacred Heart, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, CA 94027.
Lewis Allen Todd
Aviation engineer
Lewis Allen Todd, a Portola Valley resident and longtime engineer for Pan American Airlines, died November 13. Mr. Todd was 82.
Mr. Todd was a South Dakota native and graduated with honors with a degree in electrical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines. He was a member of the Triangle Fraternity, a social fraternity for professional engineers, architects and scientists.
While in college, Mr. Todd worked nights as the station manager at the local airport. After graduation, Pan American Airlines offered him a job as flight engineer. During his 40-year career with Pan Am, he traveled the world, including trips to Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.
He was part of the crew that first crossed the Pacific Ocean in a Martin M130 flying boat. During World War II as a Naval Reserve officer, Mr. Todd flew on military missions operated by Pan Am to American bases in the Pacific. He retired from the Navy as a lieutenant.
Mr. Todd was first engineer on the first Pan Am flight into Tokyo after the war. In Hong Kong, he ran the flight engineering group for a time. He was one of the airline's on-site representatives with Boeing on the 747 project.
Mr. Todd was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Portola Valley for 45 years.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy; sister Marilee Fickel of Gainsborough, Georgia; daughters Patricia Meldrum and Robin Graham; and son Bruce.
Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Operation Dignity, c/o Bob Durant, 106 Hession Hill Drive, Pennington, N J 08543.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Walton's Douglas Mortuary in Minden, Nevada.
Harry Horrow
Law firm partner
Harry R. Horrow of Atherton, an attorney and retired senior partner of the law firm now known as Pillsbury Winthrop, died November 10. He was 93.
Mr. Horrow was a graduate of Northwestern University and Northwestern University School of Law. Before going into private practice, he served in the General Counsel's Office of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., and as an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He joined the firm of Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro and was a partner of that firm from 1948 until his retirement in 1990.
He also taught at the University of San Francisco School of Law and lectured at Boalt School of Law of the University of California. During his practice, he advised charitable organizations including the Del Monte Foundation, BankAmerica Foundation, Holbrook-Palmer Recreation Park Foundation, and Crown Zellerbach Foundation.
Mr. Horrow was a supporter of the San Francisco Symphony, California Academy of Sciences and the San Francisco Opera Association.
Mr. Horrow is survived by his children, Barbara Gaynor of Salem, Oregon, and Michael Horrow of Capitola. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Wilma Beckman Horrow.
A private memorial was held. Roller Hapgood & Tinney was in charge of arrangements.
Aleta Hayworth
Longtime Woodside resident
Aleta (Lee) B. Hayworth of Woodside died from a stroke October 30 in San Jose. She was 83.
Ms. Hayworth was born and raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, where she earned a nursing degree.
After her marriage to Ballard Hayworth, she left her nursing career to raise their four daughters. She was an active volunteer in her church and in charitable activities. The Hayworths were members of the First Congregational Church of Redwood City and Leydon Colony, a church group for couples, for 50 years. The couple also shared interests in tennis, travel, hiking, flying, adventure, family and friends, say family members.
Mrs. Hayworth is survived by her husband of 60 years, Dr. Ballard Hayworth; daughters, Pamela Hunt of Capitola, Deborah Wade of San Jose, Susan Nahmens of Redwood City and Nancy Becker of Salt Lake City; sister, Fran Fink of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family prefers donations to a favorite charity.
Mary Roddy
Longtime Menlo Park resident
A memorial service will be held Friday, October 24, at 1 p.m. at Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, for Mary Roddy, who died October 11 at the Menlo Park home where she had lived for 40 years. She was 86.
Ms. Roddy was born Mary Sullivan in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Key West, Florida. As a youngster, she helped her mother, a nurse, provide free care for tuberculosis patients too poor to afford doctors.
While attending Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee, she worked for the school paper and wrote a humorous column for the city newspaper. After graduating with a master's degree in English, she returned to Key West and spent the Great Depression working for the Work Projects Administration (WPA) finding jobs for the unemployed.
During World War II she met Lt. Commander James Roddy, USN, and they were marriage at the home of Ernest Hemingway, a friend of the family.
After World War II, the Roddys moved to Palo Alto, where they raised four daughters. Ms. Roddy was a volunteer for Our Lady of the Rosary School and Church and taught students folk and ballroom dancing.
In 1962 the Roddy family moved to Menlo Park and joined Nativity Parish. They also joined Alpine Hills Swim and Tennis Club, where Ms. Roddy became an enthusiastic tennis player. In the 1970s she went back to school and obtained her real estate license. She worked for Yarkin Realty until her retirement. Her husband died in 1992.
Ms. Roddy will be remembered for her sense of humor, wisdom, love of music, literature and language, and adoption of abandoned animals, say family members.
She is survived by her daughters, Letitia and Katherine Roddy of Menlo Park, Cecelia Roddy-Giovacchini of Aptos, and Maureen Roddy-Tuttle of Palo Alto; sisters, Theresa Pedemonte of Berkeley and Letty Tyler of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren; and good friend Lula Nichols.
Donations are preferred to Pets in Need or to St. Anthony's Padua Dining Room.
Mary Pottorff
Former Portola Valley resident
A memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 25, at the Woodside Priory chapel, 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, for former Portola Valley resident Mary V. Pottorff, who died October 15 in Cupertino at age 84. The family prefers memorials to Woodside Priory School or the American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Prevention and Awareness.
Rose Lakey
Menlo Park resident
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 22, at Redwood Chapel, 847 Woodside Road, Redwood City, for Rose A. Lakey, who died October 16. She was 79.
Ms. Lakey was born in San Jose, where she was one of 11 children. She moved to Menlo Park at age 19 and worked as an auto parts assembler at Redwood Motor Bearing.
She is survived by her son, Edwin H. Lakey Jr. of Fair Play, California; siblings, Annie Paradiso, Nick and Joe Volpi of San Jose; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was the wife of the late Edwin H. Lakey.
Erma Smith
Former Encinal teacher
Erma Parkinson Lloyd Smith, who taught English and literature at Encinal School in Menlo Park for 11 years in the 1950s and 1960s, died October 3. She was 95.
A native of Cache Valley, Utah, she was a graduate of Utah State University with a degree in education. During World War II, she followed her husband across the country during his duties in the Armed Forces. After the war, she returned to Utah to work as a teacher and helped organize the local chapter of the League of Women Voters.
In 1956 the family moved to Palo Alto and she began teaching at Encinal where she earned an award for outstanding performance. After her husband's death in 1972, she worked at Stanford University for the Dean of Student Affairs.
Ms. Smith is survived by her sons, Boyd Smith of Palo Alto and Roger Smith of Scottsdale, Arizona; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Her husband, Boyd Carpenter Smith, died in 1972.
Larry Eddington
Water district manager
Larry Eddington died October 10 of an apparent heart attack in his Woodside home, a 1920s hunting cabin on Kings Mountain. He was 60.
Mr. Eddington, who was raised in East Palo Alto, was a bachelor and left no known surviving relatives.
Mr. Eddington was among the first engineers employed at Applied Technologies and spent the last 20 years working for the Skyline County Water District. He served as general manager for the last two years.
"He was doing a great job completing one project after the other. He really improved the company in a short amount of time," said water district board member and close friend Dan Cissell.
Mr. Eddington was a founding father and president emeritus of the Coastriders Motorcycle Club and owned virtually every type of motorcycle at one point. He also founded Donsco Off-Road Racing, a Volkswagen hot-rod shop in Belmont.
Mr. Eddington was an avid amateur radio operator with the call sign K6ETB. He was also a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, and at one time shot professionally.
Mary Alice Barry
Former Atherton resident
A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 15, at 10 a.m. at Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, for Mary Alice Barry, who died October 6 in Napa. She was 65.
Ms. Barry spent most of her childhood in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. She graduated from Marymount College in Virginia, and later served on its board of trustees. In 1960 she marriage Richard K. Barry and lived in Los Angeles where she taught school.
In 1969 the family moved to the Bay Area where they spent the next 30 years. They lived for the better part of the time in Atherton and San Francisco, but also in their home in Hawaii. Ms. Barry moved to Napa after the death of her husband in 1998.
Ms. Barry was involved in many charitable activities and volunteered at St. Anthony's Church, near Menlo Park. She was a talented chef, raconteur, world-class hostess, traveler and woman of fine taste, say family members.
Ms. Barry is survived by her three sons, Richard F. Barry of Napa, Kevin T. Barry of San Anselmo, and Matthew K. Barry of Foster City; brothers, Richard Tierney of Little Silver, New Jersey, Raymond Tierney of Little Silver, New Jersey, John Tierney of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and William H. Tierney of Lafayette; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made in Ms. Barry's name to Catholic Worker House, 54 Cassia Street, Redwood City, CA 94063.
Elizabeth Allen
Children's shop owner
Elizabeth "Betty" Allen died at her home in Menlo Park on October 13 after a long illness. A resident of Menlo Park for 40 years, she was 76.
A native of Staten Island, New York, Ms. Allen was a flight attendant for several years, flying first for National Airline in the United States, then flying internationally to such destinations as Tokyo, Hawaii and Cuba.
She loved retail work, according to her husband, Robert Allen. At one time she owned the Macbeth Boutique, a children's shop in Town and Country Village. She also managed DJ's Accessories, a boutique that was part of DJ's Hair Salon in Menlo Park. For the past 10 years, she had been housebound with cancer.
Ms. Allen is survived by her husband, Robert, of Menlo Park; sisters Jean Bailey of Menlo Park and Gloria Nagy of Palo Alto; and niece Chris Calli of Gilroy.
Private family services were held with arrangements under the direction of Spangler Mortuaries, Menlo Park.
Albert Stevens
Former Chevron vice president
A memorial service will be held Friday, December 5, at 12:30 p.m. at Christ Church in Portola Valley for Albert Edward Stevens. Mr. Stevens died November 20 at Sequoia Health Services. He was 92.
Mr. Stevens was born in San Francisco. He was a graduate of UC Berkeley and attended Stanford School of Business.
He served as a commander in naval intelligence during World War II. He worked for Chevron for 42 years, retiring as vice president of marketing, and was past president of Signal Oil Company.
Mr. Stevens was a member of the board of regents of St. Mary's College in Moraga, where he received an honorary doctor of philanthropic service degree. He served on the boards of Hannah Boys Center, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. He was past president of the California Safety Foundation.
A member of Menlo Country Club, Mr. Stevens enjoyed golf, dominoes, travel and sports, his family said.
He is survived by his wife, Clara "Tudy" Stevens; daughters, Corinne Stevens of Eldorado Hills and Gail Cook of Alamo; and two grandsons.
The family prefers donations in memory of Al Stevens to St. Mary's College, P.O. Box 4300, Moraga, CA 94575-4300; or a charity of choice.
